Cosmegram Dinner Hour November 2006 Information – From Tribal Secrets Volume 36 Issue 9 to a Light Speed Democracy Website: http://www.caliscc.org Rolf Mast Inside this issue: R & D Director Cosway Co. Calendar of Events 2 Announcements 2 n 1990 Tim Berners-Lee combined hypertext with a computer network I to create the World Wide Web. Information availability has moved faster Advice to the Lab Lorn 4 in the 16 years since 1990, than in the prior 543 years following Johannes Regulatory Affairs 6 Gutenberg’s invention of movable type. As proof of concept, it took about 1 minute to look up the information for the previous sentence. Job Opportunities 7 Other factors have been at work. Motive forces for the democratization of Tech Talk 9 information have included legislation, safety concerns and the “right to know”. Dinner Dance Flyer 12 For instance, I remember early days in the business where if we wanted to know what a competitor was using, the analytical department would spend days in the laboratory, and maybe still have it wrong. Today we need but glance at the ingredient listing. This talk will present ways that this brave new word of information affects corporate behavior. I also will introduce Coschemwiki.com which is MONTHLY MEETING a community informational resource for the SCC, inspired by Wikipedia.org. Details on Page 2 For the uninitiated a Wiki site is designed so that information can be added Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006 to, edited, and commented on by the community as a whole. A Jedi would say that harmony with his informational force brings enlightenment, those Educational Hour 5:00 pm addicted to the “dark side” would predict chaos and confusion. For me, the Social Hour 6:00 pm very existence of Wikipedia, and the freely available software upon which it is based, proves the Jedi are correct. Dinner 7:00 pm Brian Kolevar (cont’d on pg. 3) Speaker 8:00 pm 505 S. Melrose Street Reservations: Placentia, CA 92870 Educational Hour Call D-D Chemco Active Means to Help “Stop the Clock” 818-349-4149 Diana Smith Reservations a MUST Senior Business Manager, Actives by 3:00 p.m. FRIDAY, Nov. 10th. Cognis Care Chemicals No shows WILL BE BILLED! aboratoires Sérobiologiques offers numerous actives for various L Buffet Style applications including skin and hair care, but its core competency is in anti- No menu pre-selection aging skin treatments. The Anti-Age umbrella is large and encompasses required. various treatments, all of which can be enhanced via the incorporation of select biological actives. Pay online at: During the presentation, various mechanisms and modes to help maintain www.caliscc.org and treat results of the aging process will be discussed. Meeting Details Inside (Page 2) (cont’d on pg. 3) COSMEGRAM – Official newsletter of the California Chapter – Society of Cosmetic 2006 SCC CALENDAR OF EVENTS Chemists. Published as a service to its members. Website address: http://www. caliscc.org. NOVEMBER Editor: Karen Garruto 14 California Chapter SCC Monthly Meeting Proud Bird, Los Angeles Croda Inc. 385 S. Acacia Avenue Fullerton, CA 92831 DECEMBER Phone: 714-526-1162 Fax: 714-526-0637 7-8 SCC Annual Scientific Meeting New York Hilton, New York [email protected] Please direct all advertising inquiries to: Business Manager: Brian Kolevar 2007 505 S. Melrose St. Placentia, CA 92870 JANUARY Phone: 714-524-2777 x126 FAX: 714-524-8362 23 California Chapter SCC Monthly Meeting TBA [email protected] Please direct all address changes and subscription inquiries to: Tina-Marie Lesko Presperse, Inc. Hospitality Corner 12935 Crawford Drive Tustin, CA 92782 The California Chapter of the SCC would like to welcome the following Phone: 714-389-6284 Fax: 714-389-6285 new members to our Chapter: [email protected] Subscription included as part of membership Clementia Mushonga - McKenna Labs dues. All rights reserved. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Owen - McKenna Labs Society of Cosmetic Chemists National Office 120 Wall Street - Suite 2400 Please greet our new members at upcoming meetings and events. Do New York, NY 10005-408 you know a new member? Deadline for the January Cosmegram Please contact Tina-Marie Lesko at [email protected] so we can is December 22nd. All information is to be sent to Karen Garruto at Croda include them in the Hospitality Corner for future Cosmegrams. Inc. MONTHLY MEETING DETAILS: Announcements CORRECTION TO OCTOBER COSMEGRAM PLEASE NOTE LOCATION Please note, in our “Who’s in Charge” picture layout of the October Proud Bird issue, we did not list the company name for Jun Amurao. Jun is currently 11022 Aviation Blvd. Manager of R&D/QC at Westwood Labs. Los Angeles, CA 90045 (310) 670-3815 SAVE THE DATE It’s not too early to plan! The SCC Annual Scientific Seminar will be Cost: held at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA on May 10-11, 2007. Let’s $40 All members with reservations show our spirit by spreading the word and making this a well attended AND first time guests with a meeting. For further information, please go to www.scconline.org. member-sponsored reservation. (Member must also have a reservation!!!) THIS IS CONTACT INFORMATION CHANGES FIRST TIME ONLY! After that, non-member prices will be f you are a member of our chapter and your information (ie. name, charged. I address, company, phone numbers, email address) has changed, please $48 Members without reservations make sure you contact us with the new information so we can update our $48 Non-members w/reservations database. If changes are not sent to us, you may not be getting your $58 Non-members w/o reservations newsletter, meeting notices, course registrations, etc. Menu: Please contact Tina-Marie Lesko at [email protected] with any Menu Selection is changes. Not Required Buffet Style 2 23 Dinner Hour ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Rolf Mast obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Leeds (UK) in 1966. For the most part, he has been involved in various aspects of R&D for the personal care industry ever since. His career started at Unilever, a large multinational, where he was involved in basic research in hair colorant chemistry. Since then he had worked for various companies large and small. These include Dial Corporation where he headed up a new idea development group, and Neutrogena where he was V.P. of R&D. Smaller companies include Lee Pharmaceuticals (remember Press-On Nails), and International Beauty Design, as well as several other assignments. For the last several years he has been R&D Director at Cosway Co., a contract manufacturer. Rolf has taken numerous ideas from conception through commercial development, ranging from fingernail extensions sold in 99 cent stores to high end care skin products sold to the medical profession. Of necessity, he has also been involved in non R&D issues including regulatory affairs, claim substantiation, production plant, project management and marketing. At present he is still at Cosway, but on a part time basis. For the remainder of his working week, Rolf is developing Coschemwiki.com, an information idea which is part of the subject of tonight’s talk. Rolf has published several articles, and has been awarded several patents for different ideas. He is a former Chairman of the California Chapter of the SCC. In 1994 he was given the chapter award for “most meritorious paper” for a presentation on in-vitro technology. Eductional Hour ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Diana Smith is currently Senior Business Manager of Laboratoires Seriobiologiques, a division of Cognis Corporation, since 2003. Diana started her career in the personal care industry as a Formulating Chemist for Terry Corporation between 1980-1983. Diana joined Valjean Corporation as a chemist from 1983-1985. She was Technical Director of Key West Fragrances & Cosmetic Factory between 1985-1995. In 1995, Diana joined Allied Colloids as a Senior Chemist. From 1997-2001, she joined Inolex Chemical Company as Personal Care Technology Manager and in 2001, she moved into sales as Personal Care Managing Director for Inolex. Prior to that, she was Account Manager for Presperse from 2003-2005. Diana Smith obtained her BS in Biology and Chemistry in 1979 at Florida Institute of Technology. She has authored various technical articles for various publications and has two US patents. Diana Smith has been a member of the SCC since 1980 and has held various offices in Florida and Mid- Atlantic chapters, including National positions such as Area IV Director. She is currently on IFSCC Praesidium as Publication Chair for the IFSCC Magazine. Message From The Chair Dear Members, This is my last letter to you. I first want to say thank you to the board for their continued support and personal time they give to this society. With out them, we would not have the great events we have. I want to also send my best wishes to the incoming elected board; I know you can all do great things for the betterment of the SCC. This has been a notable year, with a new website, over 700 people at the dinner dance, a huge turn out for the summer event at the Magic Castle, and over 250 at the scientific seminar. It was wonderful seeing many of you at the Scientific Seminar in October. Thank you to our great list of speakers who did a wonderful job keeping us up to date on the newest technology. I would also like to thank Lee Paler and his team for the wonderful job they did putting the event together. As always, if you need to contact me for any reason, please do not hesitate: [email protected].